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So lately I’ve been going through this alternative rock obsession, which comes and goes from time to time, usually leaving some impression on my permanent music preferences. Through this current phase I discovered the band Passion Pit. I know, I’m a little slow…They are relatively well-known already. The music video above, “Sleepyhead,” is visually distinctive for a music video. It lacks any visual reference to a full physical body, and instead virtually beheads lead singer, Michael Angelakos, and places the disembodied head on a turning box. How magnificent!

A photo of the band Passion Pit (courtesy of popwreckoning.com).

This visual beautifully emphasizes the musical fragmentation featured in the song “Sleepyhead.” I must admit, when I first heard the song my first thought could best be described by utter confusion. I decided to give the song a second chance, and it definitely grew on me. I’m currently exploring more songs by this band, and I have to say, it is the best kind of music for a double English major to listen to while trying to finish up all the school assignments. Also, as a fan of the Modernist movement of literature and all of its fragmentation, it is only natural that I would learn to love Passion Pit.